Milpitas vs Morgan Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Milpitas and Morgan Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Milpitas and Morgan Hill are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Milpitas has the higher population (78,216 vs 45,152 in Morgan Hill). Milpitas has the higher median household income ($176,822 vs $159,758 in Morgan Hill). Milpitas has the higher median home value ($1,180,000 vs $1,127,600 in Morgan Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Milpitas	Morgan Hill
Population	78,216	45,152
Median age	36.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$176,822	$159,758
Median home value	$1,180,000	$1,127,600
Median gross rent	$3,112	$2,275
Housing units	25,763	15,025
Homeownership rate	59.3%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milpitas	Morgan Hill
Population	79,517 → 78,216 (-1.6%)	44,686 → 45,152 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$132,320 → $176,822 (+33.6%)	$124,419 → $159,758 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$858,600 → $1,180,000 (+37.4%)	$855,100 → $1,127,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,428 → $3,112 (+28.2%)	$1,763 → $2,275 (+29.0%)

Milpitas

Population

79,51778,216

Median household income

$132,320$176,822

Median home value

$858,600$1,180,000

Median gross rent

$2,428$3,112

Morgan Hill

Population

44,68645,152

Median household income

$124,419$159,758

Median home value

$855,100$1,127,600

Median gross rent

$1,763$2,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milpitas	Morgan Hill
Under 5	5.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	19.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.6%
75 and over	5.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milpitas	Morgan Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	9.6%	39.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	71.5%	16.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milpitas	Morgan Hill
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	13.3%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milpitas	Morgan Hill
Drove alone	62.4%	66.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.6%
Public transit	2.4%	1.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	22.5%	18.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milpitas	Morgan Hill
1-unit, detached	46.0%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	19.7%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	7.8%
20 or more units	19.5%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Milpitas	Morgan Hill
Poverty rate	5.4%	3.9%
Average household size	3.08	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1987	1989